The Non-Negotiable Demands of Human Dignity
In his 2002 State of the Union address, Bush stated thatAmerica will always stand firm for the non-negotiable demands of human dignity: the rule of law; limits on the power of the state; respect for...
View ArticleAnother national database: Am I overreacting? w/poll
Yesterday morning I read an AP story, "Senate Votes to Double Employer Fines for Illegal Immigrants," which included this:Employers who don't use the new computerized system could be fined $200 to...
View ArticleWhat you can do about NSA spying
It's no secret that Bush and his republican cabal are spying on us and that they want to collect as much information about us as they can. We don't yet know all the details on how pervasive the spying...
View ArticleSome Much Needed Background on Bankruptcy Reform
There have been a number of references to "the bankruptcy bill" here at DKos lately, with respect to both its substance and the issue of who voted for or against it. Unfortunately, there's a lot of bad...
View ArticleOhio House Sets Hearing on Total Abortion Ban (Updated)
An abortion ban could become reality in Ohio. According to the Planned Parenthood Ohio Action Network, the Ohio House Health Committee will hold a June 13 hearing on H.B. 228, which would outlaw...
View ArticleBankruptcy Reform Part 2: Why This Law Sucks
A few days back, I posted a diary that provided some background on the eight year legislative history of "bankruptcy reform." (Preliminary note: From here on out, it's "the new law" because "reform" is...
View Article2006: All Key Issues on Display in Ohio
So says US News & World Report in its June 19 edition. The report highlights many of the up-ticket candidates and notes that everything from jobs to the Iraq War to evangelism are in play. Overall,...
View ArticleIt's Been a Hard Day
Today I checked my voicemail and there was a message from a debt collector. Not that I knew that from the message itself, which only said, in a pre-recorded voice, that this was "a personal business...
View ArticleYOYO: Debt Collection
YOYO is, of course, Jared Bernstein's description of our current economic culture: You're on your own. Bernstein's is a more succinct way of saying that, under republican rule, we've adopted the...
View ArticleDead is Dead
My heart is so filled with sadness. There is violence all around us. There are justifications flying about. People are dying and, in the end, they're dead. They're gone. Dead is dead. A Muslim's child...
View ArticleFoley: It's the alcoholism
CNN reports as "just in" news that Foley's attorney held a press conference this afternoon in which he said Foley had been living a double life because he's suffered from alcoholism all his adult life....
View ArticleHe said, "I hate feminists" and the shooting started
Buffalo Springfield once sang, "There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear." That's how I feel about a certain fact surrounding the recent shootings in Colorado and Pennsylvania,...
View ArticleCNN Is So Biased
OMFG. I just watched CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" with that stale fellow who sits in for Cooper. One segment invovled him talking with an "expert" about the veracity of statements made in campaign ads....
View ArticleHello, Cruel World, and Thanks, DKos Community
2006 was a roller coaster ride for me personally and one casualty of everything that was going on was my ability to participate in the DKos community. I went from commenting to lurking to complete...
View ArticleA Buckeye's Confession
As I write this, Ohio State is about four minutes from the end of a thorough trouncing in the BCS championship game. It's a bummer, to be sure. I was born in Columbus, lived there most of my life and...
View Article"'Honors for' Lieberman"
A few days back, Jackson Williams posted a piece at the Huffington site about Senator Biden's presidential aspirations. In it, he mentions Biden's vote in favor of the new bankruptcy law that was...
View ArticleBorrowing the Safety Net
"A credit card can be a great safety net if people know how to use it." Tracey Mills, American Bankers Association (Link)"Payday lending technology may have lowered those fixed costs, thus increasing...
View ArticleHey, Rush. Read this. I dare you.
Hey, Rush. Shut your fucking mouth about Elizabeth Edwards for just five minutes. There's something I want to tell you.You don't get to sit your fat ass down in your radio studio and talk about how a...
View ArticleFeminisms: Democrats, It's Time to Stand Up for Women
Let me start with a little bit of data (pdf): Women have voted at higher rates than men in every election since 1980, and in higher numbers since 1964. We were also the driving force behind the grand...
View ArticleArmed Man Wanted to Meet Obama
I saw this on the local news this morning, but no diaries or front page items. HuffPo has a story:An armed man spotted at a North Carolina airport parking lot just after Air Force One departed Sunday...
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